Varaha Purana 213.48: Adhyaya 213, Shloka 48
The Glory of Gokarṇeśvara: Nandin’s Austerities and Śiva’s Boons
ब्रह्मत्वं लोकपालत्वमपवर्गमथापि वा ॥ अथाष्टगुणमैश्वर्यं गाणपत्यामथापि वा
brahmatvaṃ lokapālatvam apavargam athāpi vā || athāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ gāṇapatyam athāpi vā
तुम ब्रह्मा भी बन सकते हो, या दुनिया के रक्षक। मोक्ष भी मिल सकता है। अथा तोह आठ प्रकार की राजाई मिल सकती है, या गणेश जैसी ताकत भी। सब कुछ पॉसिबल है।
Śiva (boon-giver; within the broader Varāha–Pṛthivī narrative frame)
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The juxtaposition of worldly offices (lokapāla, Brahmā-status) with apavarga (release) shows how Purāṇic texts map political and metaphysical aspirations in one framework.
No explicit location is named; “lokapāla” is a cosmological office rather than a place.
It frames liberation as an available aim alongside power, implicitly encouraging evaluation of ends beyond status and authority.
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